Humanities KS1 to KS4 at Park Community Academy

EYFS

Year / Autumn Term / Spring Term / Summer Term
Reception / Knowledge and Understanding of the World
Examples of History & Geography Taught / Knowledge and Understanding of the World / Knowledge and Understanding of the World

Class 2H and KS2

Year / Autumn Term / Spring Term / Summer Term
Year 1 / All About Me & My Local Area
History
Personal time line
Chronological understanding
Homes of the Past
Geography
Google Earth
Map Work
Comparing countries
Home Survey / Egyptians
History
Chronological understanding
Pyramids, clothes, hieroglyphics, pharaohs, Gods
Geography
Google Earth
Mapping skills
Daily life
River Nile
World map / The Seaside
History
Victorian Britain
History of Blackpool
Geography
Features of a coastline
Erosion
Sea defences
Year 2 / Our earth
History
Geography
Google Earth
The Continents & Oceans
Countries of the UK / Britain since the 1920’s
History
Study of Britain Since 1920
Fashion, houses, food, clothes, transport, music
Geography
Towns in Britain / Water World
History
Geography
The Water Cycle
The River Journey
Life Cycles
Food Chains
River Habitants
Year 3 / Kings and Queens
History
Monarchy
Specific focus on a King/Queen
The Royal Family
Geography
Buckingham Palace / Invasions (Romans)
History
Chronology of the Roman Empire
Geography
Map Work
Locating Countries / Out in the Country
History
Geography
Country
Flora/Fauna
Habitats
Life cycles
Food chain
Year 4 / Time Travel
History
History of Transport
Geography
World maps / Food & where it comes from
History
Hunting shooting fishing
Geography
Animals and their young
Classification of living things
Where food comes from. / Holidays (incl the weather)
History
Geography
Contrasting holidays
Key physical features
Map Work
Countries

KS3

Year / Autumn Term / Spring Term / Summer Term
Year 1 / Inventions
History
20th century inventions v 21st century inventions.
Animation inventions (Wallace and Grommet, Despicable me etc)
The history of the Wheel.
Transport – old v new.
Geography
Effects of manufacturing on the Environment (climate/energy and packaging)
The impact of inventions in the transport industry on our lives/holidays/farming the land etc. / Community
History
My Family history inc family trees.
My School community – History of Park School.
Historical Communities – slaves/medieval etc
Geography
The local community and map skills
The wider world – each class to study a different community from around the world:
aborigines
Maoris
Peru
African tribe
Inuit's
Population and Urbanisation Using Google Earth (GIS) / Horrible Histories
History
Tudors
Romans
Witchcraft
Geography
Our changing world
Italy
Europe
British Towns named by the Romans
Year 2 / Earth, Wind & Fire
History
The Great Fire of London.
Natural Disasters – tsunami/hurricanes Katrina, UK flooding/earthquakes Haiti.
Wind - Chernobyl, Fukuashima making the radiation travel further afield.
Pompeii
Ice Age
Geography
Mountains
Rivers
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Plate Tectonics
Weather
Natural Disasters
Ice Age
Using Google Earth (GIS) / Tourism & Holidays
History
Holidays through the ages
How Blackpool became a tourist resort and how it has developed
Visit to Blackpool Pleasure Beach—History workshop
Beach clothes of the past.
Geography
Where & why do people go on holiday?
Reasons for travel
What do people take on holiday?
Local holidays v holidays abroad.
Passports and other holiday necessities.
Blackpool Airport/Manchester Airport.
Compare Blackpool to the Lake District to a holiday abroad. / WW2
History
History of WW2 how it all began (inc dates)
Life during WW2 (the home front).
The Holocaust.
Wartime Homes.
Toys & Entertainment.
Evacuees.
Rationing.
The Blitz.
Music from the era.
Manchester War Museum
WW2 Day – veterans etc
Geography
Countries involved in WW2 & their leaders.
How far invasion spread.
Effect on towns/cities & the country side.
Mapping Skills.
Year 3 / Heroes & Villains
History
Henry VIII
Martin Luther King
Civil Rights
Geography
America – physical and human geography / Africa
History
The history of Africa.
The history of the Maasai Warrior
Slavery.
British colonies.
Geography
Continents of the world—where is Africa? Climate Zones/Equator/Tropics
Countries of Africa (focus on 1
specific later on in topic)
Physical Geography—map work, dessert, mountains, rainforests, rivers, climate & vegetation, grassland, farming & agriculture.
Natural wonders—Sahara, Victoria Lakes & falls, Table Mountain, The Great Rift Valley, Mount K
Maps/Atlas/Globe work.
African people, housing & living.
Contrast of African v UK life. / Olympics
History
The history of the Olympics.
The Olympic torch.
Geography
Which countries take part.
Flags and capital cities.
London.
The Olympic Flag – 5 continents.
The route of the Olympic Torch.

KS4- Entry Level

Year / Autumn Term / Spring Term / Summer Term
Year 1 / Entry Level Humanities- Volcanoes, Earthquakes and Tsunamis
Travel and Tourism – BTEC-Unit 11 UK Travel Destinations / Entry Level Humanities- Renewable Energy
Travel and Tourism – BTEC- Unit 11 UK Travel Destinations + Unit 8 Customer Service / Entry Level Sustainable Tourism
Travel and Tourism – BTEC-completion of Unit 8 Customer Service
Year 2 / Entry Level Humanities-A British Society in the Past
Travel and Tourism – BTEC-Unit 5-Researching a Tourist Destination / Entry Level Humanities-Environmental Awareness
Travel and Tourism – BTEC- Unit 5-Researching a Tourist Destination + Unit 10-Planning a Trip to a Visitor Attraction / Entry Level-Planning a Visit within the Community
Travel and Tourism – BTEC- Unit 10-Planning a Trip to a Visitor Attraction
Attraction Visits